Patents by Inventor Steven E. Twining

Steven E. Twining has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Independently heated handgrips for a motorcycle
    Patent number: 11292542
    Abstract: Systems and methods for heating a handgrip of a vehicle. One system includes a first handgrip and a second handgrip. The first handgrip includes a first processor, a first heating element, and a first temperature sensor configured to produce a temperature signal indicative of a temperature related to the first heating element. The second handgrip includes a second processor, second heating element, and a second temperature sensor configured to produce a temperature signal indicative of a temperature related to the second heating element. The first processor is configured to receive a temperature signal from the first sensor, compare the signal to a first threshold, and adjust power supplied to the first element based on the signal. The second processor is configured to receive a second temperature signal from the second sensor, compare the signal to a second threshold, and adjust power supplied to the second element based on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Nikita Dobrinin, Nathan Gugliotti, Benjamin Hynes, Anthony Langeweg, Steven E. Twining, Andrew Alfred Knitt, Robert Kenneth Alexander
  • INDEPENDENTLY HEATED HANDGRIPS FOR A MOTORCYCLE
    Publication number: 20190256161
    Abstract: Systems and methods for heating a handgrip of a vehicle. One system includes a first handgrip and a second handgrip. The first handgrip includes a first processor, a first heating element, and a first temperature sensor configured to produce a temperature signal indicative of a temperature related to the first heating element. The second handgrip includes a second processor, second heating element, and a second temperature sensor configured to produce a temperature signal indicative of a temperature related to the second heating element. The first processor is configured to receive a temperature signal from the first sensor, compare the signal to a first threshold, and adjust power supplied to the first element based on the signal. The second processor is configured to receive a second temperature signal from the second sensor, compare the signal to a second threshold, and adjust power supplied to the second element based on the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Nikita Dobrinin, Nathan Gugliotti, Benjamin Hynes, Anthony Langeweg, Steven E. Twining, Andrew Alfred Knitt, Robert Kenneth Alexander